Radiator ornament



Feb. 7, 1939. J. FISCHER 2,146,115

RADIATOR ORNAMENT Filed March 28, 1935 I INVENTOR dbsep/z Fischer BY M,M +Ww/y ATTO RN EYS Patented Feb. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICERADIATOR ORNAMENT Joseph Fischer, New York, N. Y.

Application March 28, 1935, Serial No. 13,400 i 6 Claims. (01. 46-115)My present invention relates generally to raadapted to cooperate withthe radiator ornament diator ornaments and is particularly designedproper.

to be employed in connection with automobiles In combination with anexisting automobile having attached to the radiator, a simplepreradiator ornament, an auxiliary ornament having existing ornament. abase member and an ornamental design mem- 5 At the present time, many ofthe makes of ber, said base member being adapted to slidably automobilesare sold to the consumer having cooperate with and substantially concealthe exattached to the body of the car, a simple radiator isting radiatorornament, whereby the existing ornament which is usually of astreamlined radiator ornament forms a portion of the base of shape orconfiguration, or at least, which indithe combination. 10 cates suchstreamlining. My present invention 3. In combination with an existingautomobile aims to devise an attachment for such ornaments radiatorornament, an auxiliary ornament having which will enhance theirattractiveness and can a base member and an ornamental design membeattached thereto by the ordinary purchaser her, said base member beingadapted to slidably by the use of simple every-day tools, and withoutcooperate with and substantially conceal the ex- 15 the exercise of anyskill on his part. isting radiator ornament, whereby the existing In thedrawing, Fig. 1 represents a side elevaradiator ornament forms a portionof the base tional view showing the device of my present of thecombination, the exterior portion of the invention as attached to anautomobile, Fig. 2 base member being a substantial replica of therepresents a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. concealed portion of theexisting radiator orna- 20 Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary sideelevational ment.

and sectional View of an alternative form of the 1 Com a o W an existingmobile present invention. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan radiatorornament, an auxiliary ornament having of the alternative form shown inFig. 3. a base member and an ornamental design mem- 5 At 5 is shown aradiator ornament which is her, said base member being adapted toslidably 5 aifixed to the car by the manufacturer in the cooperate withand substantially conceal the exiorm in which it comes to the purchaser.The isting radiator ornament, whereby the existing portion 6, is asection of this ornament which is ad a O e forms a po on of the baseusually designed to indicate streamlining or of the combination, and aplurality of means for speed, and is generally of the shape shown in theretaining the a l a y ornament in an engaged 30 drawing. 7 indicatesgenerally my attachment, p s nwhich consists of any figure 8 attached tothe 5. In combin-ationwith an existing automobile base 9 This base 9 ishonow inside t m and radiator ornament, an auxiliary ornament havhasastop at one end H to prevent the same from mg a base member and anomamental design sliding too far along the portion 6. m base .memberbe1ng.adapted to 35 At '2 is Shown a means for affixing my attachslidably cooperate with and substantially conceal ment which may be doneeither by means of exlstgftradlator z b s;-

the set screws in Fig. 2, or the bolt I'm as shown 15 mg m 1 or opnamenOrms Ion 0 e in Figs. 3 and 4- of Course in manufacturing my base of thecombination, and a plurahty of means or ret inin h a xili r or 40attachment, it is advisable to have the configuragaged g i i s d gn111323 51 ai sci w t 40 tlons of thebase 9, conform to theconfigurations one end and a stop at the othen 0f t 130111011 50 that aSnug fit may be 6. In association with a standard ornament for tained.an automobile, a supplemental ornament adapted It is of courseunderstood, that the foregoing to be mounted upon said standardornament, 45 is set forth solely by way of illustration, and comprisingan upper portion in the form of a various changes may be made withoutdeparting desired ornament, a base portion integral with from the spiritof the invention or the scope of S pp p a d base portion having a th isubstantially U-shaped transverse cross-section 5 What I claim as myinvention is: to enable it to fit over and conform to the upper 1. As anarticle of manufacture, an attachp r O S d Standard Ornament, d means00- ment for a radiator ornament comprising a base op rat ng with saidbase portion and said standmember and an ornamental design member, saidard ornament to secure said supplemental ornabase member containing asubstantially hollowed nt on Said Standard Ornament.

out inverted substantially V-shaped portion JOSEPH FISCHER- 55

